20 Dividend Stocks From The Services Sector With Highest Expected Growth

The best growing services dividend stocks originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". The services sector is still an attractive investment field. I also have invested some money into stocks from the sector. I talk about Wal-Mart and Walt Disney.

The whole sector has 844 companies listed of which 350 pay dividends. The total market capitalization of all services stocks combined is USD 58.896 trillion. An average stock from the sector has a P/E ratio of 24.94 and yields at 1.66 percent.

I personally don’t like services stocks because of the low margin business. I love stocks with big margins and strong competitive advantages. High margins also show that the company owns and distributes products that are unique. Apple has really huge margins because they have created a unique product that people love and they are willing to pay nearly every price for it.

It sounds a little bit easy but the Apple story is much more complicated and is also a product of excellent brand marketing. I personally will never buy Apple shares because of the fast product cycle. If you lose your consumer focus, you are off the battle.

However, out there are some services stocks with a strong consumer loyalty and huge growth potential which is still attractive for many investors. Think about the payment provider MasterCard and Visa.

Today I want to highlight some of the best yielding services dividend stocks with a double-digit growth, expected for the next five years.

There are nearly 200 companies - wow, the services sector is full of growth. So, I focus on large capitalized stocks with the highest yield. Below is a small list of the 20 best results. Railroads are my favorites due to the expected shale gas boom and the cheap valuation.

19 Dividend Aristocrats With Over 10% EPS Forecasts

The best growing Dividend Aristocrats originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Dividend Aristocrats are stocks with a very long dividend growth history. They raised cash distributions to shareholders over a period over more than 25 years in a row and being selected by the well-known credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s. Out there are 105 stocks with such a long-term dividend growth buy only 54 are named by S&P.

As you might know, past performance does not mean a great future performance. You shouldn’t think that if your company had a 20 percent growth in the past, your future growth will be in the same range.
It’s more important that you make your own research. Sure it’s very hard to discover future growth rates especially if you are not familiar with the company and industry - You only make a desk research.

But there are also some useful tools like analysts’ predictions. I personally look at the demand and supply developments: If there are big entry barriers for new competitors in a market with steady growing consumer demand, there will be a slowing supply growth which will result in rising prices. That’s a great perspective for an investor like me.

However, today I like to highlight all Dividend Aristocrats with a double-digit earnings forecast for the next five years. Nineteen stocks fulfilled these criteria of which two are yielding over the three percent mark; fifteen are currently recommended to buy.

12 Cheap Dividend Champions With Double-Digit Earnings Growth

Dividend Champions with strongest growth and cheap forward P/E ratios originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Some of us like dividend growth and they want invest money into the best long-term growth picks. I also like to make money by holding a passive stake of a well-managed company and see how they create more and more values over the time.

A great source for high-quality stocks are Dividend Champions. Those are stocks with a dividend growth history of 25 or more consecutive years. 105 companies have created such a fantastic trust relationship to their shareholders.

Today I want to highlight the best growth picks with acceptable price ratios. Sure, cheap stocks with high growth don’t exist especially when you are looking for low risk stocks. Something must be wrong. But see this screening results as an informative tool with which you can adjust your own asset allocation and ask yourself if your current holdings with less growth and higher P/Es are worth to buy or hold.

Twelve Dividend Champions fulfilled my criteria of a low forward P/E (less than 15) at double-digit earnings per share forecast for the next five years. The best yielding pick is Walgreen, the leading drug store operator. Eleven of the results are currently recommended to buy. See the table linked and leave a comment below which of the results you would buy or sell.

52 Top Stocks Raised Dividends Last Week | A Full Compilation

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Stocks with dividend growth often indicate that they have too much cash and a well-running business which produces more and more cash. They like to share their success with shareholders.

I believe that those companies have a well running business and could have a better performance in the long-run. Below is a current list of companies that have announced a dividend increase within the recent week. In total, 52 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 22 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 22.59 percent.

Below the dividend growth stocks/funds are 12 with a high yield. 37 of the results are currently recommended to buy or even have a strong buy rating.

Cheap Dividend Champions | 20 Stocks With Highest Growth At Low Valuation

Dividend Champions with highest growth at low pricing figures originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Many people want to make money by stock trading but most of them fail. I often tell you that you can only make money if you buy stocks at fair prices with attractive financial ratios. To buy stocks at normal prices gives you the possibility to find more investment opportunities at lower risk.

I don’t want the cheapest stocks with the highest yields because there is something wrong with the business model and the market knows it. I prefer stocks with a P/E ratio in the range of 10 to 20 with positive or even high growth rates for the mid-term. Not enough, the business environment should be low volatile and slow changing.

Today I like to focus on the best class of dividend growth stocks, the Dividend Champions league. Those stocks have raised dividends over a period of more than 25 consecutive years. Exactly 105 companies fulfilled these criteria. Below is a nice list of 20 Dividend Champs at low P/E levels (under 15) with the highest earnings per share growth for the next five years.

Cheap or not is often a question of growth. Only two companies have a yield over 3 percent and thirteen are currently recommended to buy now.

20 Most Recommended Dividend Champions | Stock Buy List

Black Hills Corp. (BKH)
Best Yielding Buy Rated
Dividend Growth Stock

Dividend Champions with buy ratings originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Dividend Champions are stocks with a history of dividend payments of more than 25 years in a row. Around 108 stocks have such a wonderful dividend growth history.

I personally love dividend stocks, dividend growth and consecutive dividend hikes. It gives me somehow the feeling that everything is all right. Not to forget, my trust into the company and the financial health is much higher if I see that the company shares its success with shareholders.

But not all dividend growth stocks are good investments. A past performance does not guarantee high future return. As you have see by long-term dividend growth stocks Avon Products. They cut quarterly dividend payments from 23 cents to 6 cents per share due to a bad operative performance and high debt burdens. These are all factors you need to observe when you buy a stock.

Today, I like to screen the current Dividend Champions recommendations by analysts and brokerage firms. I published the full results of the 20 most recommended A-Class dividend growth stocks on my blog. Five of the results have a yield over three percent and two have a strong buy rating.

Hottest Dividend Growth Stocks | 20 Best Buy Rated Dividend Achievers

Many people have a strong opinion to the development of stocks. Analysts and brokerage firms are professionals who spread opinions across the financial markets. Sometimes they get paid, sometimes they are long or short and benefit from asset price changes. However, there is still a reason for analyst ratings. I wanted to know what do the professionals think about the best dividend growth stocks and which stocks do they recommend mostly for the time being. In order to find the answer, I run a screen of stocks with more than 10 consecutive years of dividend growth and sorted them by the highest recommendation. As a result, nearly half of the Dividend Achievers have a current buy or better rating. Below is a list of the 20 best buy rated stocks.

Best Dividend Paying Stocks | Ex-Dividend November 26, 2012

The Best Yielding And Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates. The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on November 26, 2012. In total, 20 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 9 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.42%. If you like to receive the next dividend you need to buy the dividend stocks now.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Knightsbridge Tankers Limited	VLCCF	134.42M	6.55	0.48	1.57	12.73%
STMicroelectronics NV	STM	5.38B	-	0.80	0.63	6.77%
Sun Life Financial Inc.	SLF	16.10B	27.52	0.98	0.80	5.38%
Waste Management	WM	14.90B	17.36	2.37	1.09	4.42%
Telefonica Brasil, S.A.	VIV	25.81B	12.81	1.20	1.56	4.30%
GameStop Corp.	GME	3.34B	-	1.56	0.38	3.69%
First of Long Island Corp.	FLIC	247.85M	12.32	1.21	3.20	3.62%
Mattel Inc.	MAT	12.45B	15.05	4.28	1.97	3.42%
Michael Baker Corporation	BKR	177.95M	21.44	0.78	0.29	3.04%
Calavo Growers Inc.	CVGW	361.17M	24.92	3.35	0.65	2.66%
Blackbaud Inc.	BLKB	984.94M	99.14	6.67	2.33	2.20%
Dun & Bradstreet Corp.	DNB	3.39B	12.23	-	2.00	2.00%
The McGraw-Hill Companies	MHP	14.26B	18.61	7.99	2.25	1.99%
Everest Re Group Ltd.	RE	5.42B	6.84	0.80	1.10	1.83%
Tim Hortons Inc.	THI	7.21B	18.10	6.20	2.34	1.80%
Schweitzer-Mauduit International	SWM	1.13B	11.24	2.33	1.38	1.64%
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network	ANW	227.36M	18.77	0.47	0.03	0.82%
Griffin Land & Nurseries Inc.	GRIF	128.50M	138.89	1.22	3.15	0.80%
Boise Inc.	BZ	856.09M	16.08	1.08	0.34	-
Cimatron Ltd.	CIMT	39.99M	12.29	2.23	0.94	-

23 Dividend Growth Stocks With Highest Growth And Strongest Buy Recommendation

Dividend Challengers With High Growth And Buy Rating. Originally Published At “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. I like dividend growth stocks in the second and third range because they are often not in focus of many mainstream investors and they are often much cheaper than dividend growth stocks from the Dow Jones (e.g. Johnson and Johnson).  The third class of dividend growth stocks is the Dividend Challengers class. Those stocks raised dividends over a period of more than five consecutive years but less than 10 years. One day they could become a big dividend hero like Coca Cola or Procter and Gamble. But which stocks should we buy now?

I made a screen of the 105 Dividend Challengers and implemented two restrictions: The Company should have a current buy or better recommendation and the stock should have positive earnings per share growth for the next five years of more than ten percent yearly. Twenty-three stocks fulfilled these criteria. As you can see, the investment category is full of investment opportunities.

The 20 Best Performing Dividend Aristocrats And Possible Year-End-Rally Winners 2012

Dividend Aristocrats With Best Year-To-Date Performance Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Stocks with a very long history of rising dividends have a solid business model and possess a huge reliability. Dividend Aristocrats are 52 stocks that have raised dividends over a period of more than 25 consecutive years and be selected by Standard & Poor’s for the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index. They are the Kings below the Dividend Champions. But which one could be the possible year-end-rally gainers?

I reviewed the performance of all stocks within the current trading year and listed 20 stocks with a strong year-to-date stock performance. Nearly all (49 stocks) have a positive performance. The best performing stocks could be the top performing stocks for the rest of the year due to window dressing effects by institutional investors. This means that investors will sell bad performing stocks and buy the good ones in order to show their clients a good worksheet of stocks they own at year-end.

Below the 20 best Aristocrats are four with a yield over three percent. Eleven are recommended to buy.

Thomson Reuters (TRI) - Dividend Idea Of The Week With 4.4% Dividend-Yield And 31.76% Upside

Our Dividend Idea of the day is the financial information provider Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI). The stock price closed at $28.84 and the fair value is expected by Morningstar at $38.00, which represents an upside of 31.76%.

15 Most Profitable Dividend Aristocrats

Dividend Aristocrats With Highest Return On Investment Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend Aristocrats are stocks with a history of rising dividend of more than 25 years in a row. In addition they are selected and part of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index. Dividend Aristocrats have a high reliability but which one is currently the best in terms of profitability?

I screened the 52 Dividend Aristocrats by the highest return on investment (ROI) and observed only the stocks with a return on investment of more than 15 percent. Fifteen companies fulfilled the mentioned criteria of which eight are currently recommended to buy.

21 Dividend Aristocrats With Double-Digit Growth Potential

Best Yielding Dividend Aristocrats With Highest Expected Growth Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend Aristocrats are stocks with a consecutive dividend growth history of more than 25 years in a row that are selected by the investment information firm McGraw-Hill Companies who creates the Dividend Aristocrats Index. The index measures the performance of 51 large cap, blue chip companies within the S&P 500 that have followed a policy of increasing dividends every year for at least 25 consecutive years. Additional 54 companies with more than 25 years of dividend growth are on the waiting list - They are named Dividend Champions.

I’ve tried to figure out those Dividend Aristocrats with the highest potential in terms of earnings growth. That’s why I screened the investment category by stocks with a five-year average earnings growth of at least 10 percent yearly. 21 companies fulfilled these criteria of which one is a high yield and four yielding over three percent.

The Best Yielding Large Cap Services Stocks

Large Capitalized Services Dividend Stocks With Highest Yield Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. It’s very important to know what yields are traded within a sector or industry in order to compare risks and premiums. I made a screen of the best yielding large capitalized services stocks. 71 companies from the sector have a market capitalization over USD 10 billion and 56 of them pay dividends. Below, I listed all stocks with a yield over 2 percent.

The best yielding stock is Paychex (PAYX). The company has a dividend yield of 4.28 percent and is followed by Sysco (SYY) who has a yield of 3.91 percent.

8 Dividend Aristocrats At New 52-Week Highs

Dividend Aristocrats At New One-Year Highs Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend Aristocrats are stocks with a history of rising dividends of more than 25 consecutive years and a member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats index. The index measures the performance of large cap, blue chip companies within the S&P 500 that have followed a policy of increasing dividends every year for at least 25 consecutive years. 51 stocks belong to the index and the current year to date performance amounts to 7.49 percent. Dividend Aristocrats are perfect stocks but only eight of them recently crossed new 52-Week highs. 29 stocks from the index are five percent below new highs. That’s a great quality measure of the index. 

The Best Dividend Stocks From The Service Sector

Services Dividend Stocks With High Return On Investments And Big Operating Margins Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Service is characterized by hard work and low margins but there are some companies with wonderful business models that generate double digit margins within the service sector. I think about McDonalds or Starbucks. They created a huge shareholder value due to the global expansion of the brand and realized big economies of scale.

I screened the service sector by stocks with an operating margin and return on investment over 15 percent, a dividend yield over two percent and finally a market capitalization over USD 300 million. Thirteen companies fulfilled these criteria of which four are high yields and six are recommended to buy or better.

9 Most Profitable Dividend Achievers

Dividend Achievers With High Return On Investments And Great Operating Margins Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend Achievers are stocks with an impressive dividend growth history. They raised their distributions for at least 10 consecutive years. Out there are 189 companies that fulfilled these growth criteria. But who are the best picks in terms of profit and capital efficiency? Here is an overview of the best Dividend Achievers with a return on investment of more than 20 percent as well as an operating margin in the same percentage range. Nine companies remained of which five yielding over 2 percent.

Michael Price - MFP Investors Q4/2011 Fund Portfolio

Michael F. Price - MFP Investors Q4/2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Michael F. Price’s - MFP Investors - portfolio movements as of Q4/2011 (December 31, 2011). In total, he held 102 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 614,302,000.

Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week 3/2012

Stocks With Dividend Hikes From Last Week by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of companies that have announced a dividend increase within the recent week. In total, 27 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 10 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 9.81 percent. The best yielding stock is Vanguard Natural Resources (VNR) with a yield of 8.37 percent followed by Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI) paying 7.69 percent. The biggest hike came from Men's Wearhouse (MW). The company announced to raise dividends by 50 percent to 18 cents per share.

Here are the bigest stocks with dividend growth from January 2012:

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Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB) has a market capitalization of $99.05 billion. The company generates revenues of $39,669.00 million and has a net income of $4,793.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $9,916.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 25.00 percent (operating margin 15.98 percent and the net profit margin finally 12.08 percent).


The total debt representing 17.99 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 31.64 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 15.26 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.51. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.00 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 21.02, Price/Sales 2.50 and Price/Book ratio 3.16. Dividend Yield: 1.49 percent. The beta ratio is 1.39.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Schlumberger Limited. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Schlumberger Limited. (SLB) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Schlumberger Limited. (NYSE: SLB) (Click to enlarge)

Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD) has a market capitalization of $42.81 billion. The company employs 5,070 people, generates revenues of $33,739.30 million and has a net income of $1,383.70 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,968.50 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 8.80 percent (operating margin 6.36 percent and the net profit margin finally 4.10 percent).


The total debt representing 43.25 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 119.25 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 4.82 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.88. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.32 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 25.87, Price/Sales 1.28 and Price/Book ratio 3.65. Dividend Yield: 5.09 percent. The beta ratio is 0.59.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Enterprise Products Pa... (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Enterprise Products Pa... (EPD) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Enterprise Products Pa... (NYSE: EPD) (Click to enlarge)

Dominion Resources (NYSE: D) has a market capitalization of $28.81 billion. The company employs 15,800 people, generates revenues of $15,197.00 million and has a net income of $2,980.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $6,755.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 44.45 percent (operating margin 37.51 percent and the net profit margin finally 19.61 percent).


The total debt representing 41.20 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 143.96 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 25.56 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.62. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.83 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.29, Price/Sales 1.90 and Price/Book ratio 2.45. Dividend Yield: 4.17 percent. The beta ratio is 0.47.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Dominion Resources, Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Dominion Resources, Inc. (D) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Dominion Resources, Inc. (NYSE: D) (Click to enlarge)

Williams Companies (NYSE: WMB) has a market capitalization of $17.00 billion. The company employs 5,022 people, generates revenues of $9,616.00 million and has a net income of $-916.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $945.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 9.83 percent (operating margin -5.84 percent and the net profit margin finally -9.53 percent).


The total debt representing 36.47 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 124.97 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of -13.87 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.70. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.48 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.97, Price/Sales 1.77 and Price/Book ratio 2.31. Dividend Yield: 3.59 percent. The beta ratio is 1.33.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Williams Companies, Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Williams Companies, Inc. (WMB) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE: WMB) (Click to enlarge)

The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) has a market capitalization of $13.57 billion. The company employs 20,755 people, generates revenues of $6,168.33 million and has a net income of $851.87 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,817.47 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 29.46 percent (operating margin 23.04 percent and the net profit margin finally 13.81 percent).


The total debt representing 17.00 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 54.20 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 40.82 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.78. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.94 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.67, Price/Sales 2.20 and Price/Book ratio 6.44. Dividend Yield: 2.20 percent. The beta ratio is 1.07.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of The McGraw-Hill Compan... (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of The McGraw-Hill Compan... (MHP) (Click to enlarge)

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Take a closer look at the full table of the stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 9.81 percent.

Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week January 3/2012 (Click to enlarge)

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